Home Improvement & Hardware Retail Industry

Home Improvement & Hardware Retail Company List

84 Lumber Company
With its utilitarian stores (most don't have heat or air conditioning), 84 Lumber has built itself up to be a leading low-cost provider of lumber and building materials and services. Through about...more
AEON CO., LTD.
Japanese giant AEON CO. has enough retail ventures to last for eons. The core business of Japan's AEON Group, AEON CO. owns or franchises more than 5,100 stores worldwide. It is Japan's largest...more
Société Cooperative Agricole et Agro-Alimentaire
French agri-food empire Société Cooperative Agricole et Agro-Alimentaire, or Agrial, provides a rich crop of agricultural products as one of the country's largest food...more
Al-Futtaim Private Company LLC
It would be futile to summarize Al-Futtaim Private Company's many activities in a sentence. The company, which often operates under the Al-Futtaim Group name, is a conglomerate in every sense of...more
Amazon.com, Inc.
What started as Earth's biggest bookstore has rapidly become Earth's biggest anything store. Expansion has propelled Amazon.com in innumerable directions. Its main Web site offers millions of...more
Amazon.co.uk Ltd
Google may be synonymous with the search engine, but when it comes to online shopping, Amazon.co.uk has this one in the bag. Like its parent, Amazon.com,...more
The Andersons, Inc.
The Andersons earns its daily bread on a mix of grains, trains, and corncobs. Founded in 1947, the agricultural firm buys, conditions, and resells corn, soybeans, and wheat through elevators and...more
Groupe Auchan S.A.
Auchan's mammoth markets make room for more than meals. France's second-largest food retailer (behind Carrefour), Auchan operates about 495 hypermarkets (French for...more
BayWa AG
BayWa's roots are in Bavarian farming, but its interests are branching out. BayWa (pronounced bay-vah) is divided into several business units: agriculture (grain and oil fruit trading,...more
Big Lots, Inc.
Big Lots believes that a product's shelf life depends solely on which shelf it's on. The company is the nation's #1 broadline closeout retailer, with some 1,340 Big Lots stores (down from a high of...more
Brookstone, Inc.
Need a putting green for the office? How about an alarm clock set to respond to your spoken commands? Then Brookstone is the place for you. It sells gifts, gadgets, and other doodads targeted...more
Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited
Don't be fooled by this company's modest name: Canadian Tire sells a lot more than tires. About 475 Canadian Tire general merchandise stores run by a network of associate dealers throughout Canada...more
Central Purchasing, Inc.
Central Purchasing certainly could lay claim to the expression "the right tool for the job." The company, better recognized by its trade name, Harbor Freight Tools, is one of the country's...more
The Container Store Inc.
With its packets, pockets, and boxes, The Container Store has the storage products niche well-contained. Its merchandise ranges from backpacks to recipe holders. The home organization pioneer...more
Coop
Coop feeds Swiss shoppers' hunger for food, electronics, and more. The #2 Swiss retailer (after Migros), Coop produces and sells foods and nonfoods and operates about...more
Cumberland General Store, LLC
When you say retro at Cumberland General Store, you're really talking the 80s -- the 1880s, to be more precise. Cumberland General Store markets items that would be appropriate for a rural home...more
Dairygold Co-operative Society Limited
Milk gives Dairygold Co-operative its muscle, but retail helps its members build their muscle. The Irish farmer-owned cooperative processes dairy products, including ingredients, which it sells...more
Daiwa House Industry Co., Ltd.
More than a half-century ago, Daiwa House Industry called its first prefabricated homes "Pipe Houses" because they were made from steel pipes. Today the company's main business...more
El Corte Inglés, S.A.
In the Spanish retail court, El Corte Inglés is king. It operates Spain's leading chain of department stores (under the El Corte Inglés banner) and supermarkets (under the Hipercor, Supercor,...more
Escape International, LLC
For those who want to get away from the grind of a 9-to-5 office job, there's always a way. Escape International is a multi-level marketing business that offers its members (or "independent...more

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